Julia Gillard's ex-boyfriend fronts RC into union corruption

FORMER union official and Julia Gillard's ex-boyfriend Bruce Wilson has fronted the Royal Commission into union corruption, conceding that a year's worth of false invoices were sent to construction giant Theiss under the guise of an alleged slush fund association.

Under examination by Counsel assisting Jeremy Stoljar SC quizzed the former Australian Workers Union official on an association known as the Workplace Reform Fund.

The fund was apparently set up by Mr Wilson and union-bagman Ralph Blewitt.